Studied by 1 person1914
Assassinated by Black Hand
Central Powers
Germany & Austria-Hungary
Allied Powers
France, England, Russia
1915
Sunk by German submarines
German ambassador
Warn before submarines sink passenger liners
1916
German submarines sank Sussex
Germany
US = weak
1918
Large force of American soldiers
1918
Armistice ended fighting → Treaty of Versailles
1917
Committee on Public Information
"Four Minute Men"
Pro-war speeches + films + posters
1918
War Industrial Board
1917
Espionage Act
1918
Sedition Act
1918
Woodrow Wilson
Long Armistice
20 years b/w WWI + WWII
"Irreconcilables"
Against League of Nations
US
Couldnt stay neutral in WWI
Woodrow Wilson
14 Points + League of Nations
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Assassinated by the Black Hand because of his perceived threat to Serbian independence
The Great War
Included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fighting also expanding into the Middle East, Africa, and parts of Asia
Central Powers
In World War I the alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary and other nations allied with them in opposing the Allies
Allied Powers
An international military coalition formed during the Second World War to oppose the Axis powers, led by Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, and Fascist Italy
U-Boats
Naval submarines operated by Germany, particularly in the First and Second World Wars
Lusitania
A UK-registered ocean liner that was torpedoed by an Imperial German Navy U-boat during the First World War on 7 May 1915
Arabic Pledge
Stated that Germany would warn non-military ships 30 minutes before they sank them to make sure the passengers and crew got out safely
Sussex Pledge
The German government issued a pledge to the United States that the Imperial navy would not attack passenger ships and would further allow the crew of merchant ships which carried war material to exit their vessels before they would be sunk
Zimmermann Telegram
A secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico if the United States entered World War I against Germany
Election of 1916
Incumbent Democratic President Woodrow Wilson narrowly defeated former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Evans Hughes, the Republican candidate
Uncle Sam
A personification of the United States government
John J. Pershing
Served most famously as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces on the Western Front during World War I, from 1917 to 1918
Meuse-Argonne Offensive
A major part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front
George Creel
Served as the head of the United States Committee on Public Information, a propaganda organization created by President Woodrow Wilson during World War I
Espionage and Sedition Acts
Curtailed the free speech rights of U.S. citizens during time of war
Fourteen Points
A statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I
Treaty of Versailles
The treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans
League of Nations
An international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations
Henry Cabot Lodge
Served in the United States Senate from 1893 to 1924 and is best known for his positions on foreign policy
Irreconcilables
Bitter opponents of the Treaty of Versailles in the United States in 1919
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